Once divided by the Wall ... of the city between West and East placed a heavy burden on the religious community of the Berlin Cathedral. While the West Berliners built a community centre ...

A newly found document provides evidence that East German border guards had a standing order to kill people -- men, women and children -- trying to cross the Berlin Wall. Aug. 13, 2007 marks the ...

For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall divided a city, splitting the communist east from the western capitalist enclave deep inside East Germany. Built by the German Democratic Republic ...

The East Side Gallery is the longest remaining portion of the former Berlin Wall. A real estate developer ... Many in Berlin believe the city authorities are selling out to private investors.

It was none other than Berlin’s city councilor for urban development ... at the central memorial for the Berlin Wall to commemorate its victims. The Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam ...

PHOTO: Brad Evans, WLWT.com Within the city of Berlin, the Wall was mainly made of reinforced concrete sections. Outside the city, it consisted of a chain-link fence with barbed wire at the top.

Ceremonies throughout Berlin on Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, culminating in the release of balloons tracing the former outline of the wall. Photo: Getty ...

When the wall came ... through the city to erase all signs of the East German regime. A SECTION of the Berlin Wall in Berlin. It was one of the iconic symbols of the Cold War (photo credit ...

Pending final approval from Berlin city authorities, which organisers said was "in the works", staff plan to erect 900 concrete wall slabs, each 3.60 metres (about 12 feet) tall, for the 6.6 ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Berlin’s division is one of the most iconic examples of a city split in half due to political conflict. This video delves ...

Two mothers can only wave to their children and grandchildren in the Soviet sector of Berlin from across the Berlin wall. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Remains of the border wall and iron ...